Koji Steven Sakai is a screenwriter, film producer, and novelist who has written and produced projects for Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+.
A versatile storyteller across mediums, he is the founder of Little Nalu Pictures, a screenwriting instructor at UCLA Extension, and the creator of multiple acclaimed podcast series. Whether crafting feature films or developing audio pilots, Koji focuses on bringing compelling, diverse narratives to global audiences.
Every October, the leaves start falling, pumpkin spice hits the menus, and the internet gears up for the exact same annual screaming match: what is harmless fun, and what is straight-up cultural appropriation? In this special guest-free Halloween episode, co-hosts Koji Steven Sakai and Michelle MaliZaki bypass the tired internet finger-wagging to unpack the real … Continue reading S3E09: Costumes and Consequences: Who Gets to Wear What?
Are there 5,000-year-old subterranean catacombs winding beneath the streets of Downtown Los Angeles—and was it built by a hyper-intellectual race of Lizard People? In honor of National Lizard Day, Kat, Duane, and Koji keep it in-house to dig into one of LA’s most persistent, bizarre, and infamous underground urban legends. We trace the story back … Continue reading Season 6, Episode 5: Is Los Angeles Hiding a Species of Subterranean Reptiles?
Welcome back to Japanese America! In Season 3, Episode 7, we step directly into one of the most monumental, legally complex, and deeply emotional chapters in our community’s history: the fight for Japanese American Redress. While most people think of Redress in terms of the landmark Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and the 120,000 Japanese … Continue reading S3E7: Kidnapped from Peru – The Naganuma Story & the Fight for JLA Redress
